[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 37175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15736]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[OR-958-1430-ET; GPO-03-0124, OR-5773 et al.]


Public Land Order No. 7571; Revocation of 14 Public Land Orders; 
Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes 14 public land orders in their entirety as 
they affect approximately 150.37 acres of public and Revested Oregon 
and California Railroad Grant lands withdrawn and reserved for the 
Department of Agriculture for constructed Forest Service roads. The 
reservations are no longer needed. This action will open the lands to 
all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including 
location and entry under the mining laws. The lands have been and will 
remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Barnes, BLM Oregon/
Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965, 
503-808-6155. Copies of the withdrawal orders being revoked are 
available from this location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service has determined that the 
withdrawals are no longer needed and has requested the revocations. The 
lands are located in several counties throughout Oregon and Washington.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. The following Public Land Orders are hereby revoked in their 
entirety: (a). Public Land Orders Nos. 4521, 4626, 4874, 4876, 5065, 
5089, and 5092, affecting approximately 40.80 acres of Revested Oregon 
and California Railroad Grant Lands. (b). Public Land Orders Nos. 4392, 
4598, 4846, 4858, 4878, 4993, and 5560, affecting approximately 109.57 
acres of public lands.
    2. At 8:30 a.m. on July 23, 2003 the lands referenced in paragraph 
1(a) will be opened to such uses as may by law be made of Revested 
Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands, subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of 
record, and the requirements of applicable law.
    3. At 8:30 a.m. on July 23, 2003, the lands referenced in paragraph 
1(b) will be opened to all forms of appropriation under the public land 
laws generally, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law.
    4. At 8:30 a.m. on July 23, 2003, the lands referenced in paragraph 
1(a) and 1(b) will be opened to location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of any of the lands 
described in this order under the general mining laws prior to the date 
and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted 
appropriation, including attempted adverse possession is governed by 
State law where not in conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land 
Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over 
possessory right since Congress has provided for such determination in 
local courts.

    Dated: June 2, 2003.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 03-15736 Filed 6-20-03; 8:45 am]
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